B4105 crash in Solihull on 17 August 2024 at 07:20 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B4105 in Solihull at 07:20 on Saturday 17 August 2024. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2024
- Saturday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43734, longitude -1.75732, in the B92 postcode district and within the built-up area of Solihull.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024201481871
- Council area
- Solihull
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4105
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2010.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 4 March 2010
11 m awayRef 201020L037711
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 8 October 2012
21 m awayRef 201220L006412
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 15 January 1981
21 m awayRef 19812000L0050
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 18 February 2015
27 m awayRef 201520L001575
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4105 in Solihull, 25 July 2024
35 m awayRef 2024201472394
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Solihull, 23 December 2019
51 m awayRef 2019200917031
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2024201481871 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 2024.